Thomas fletcher braime and james henry braime



Patented Nev. 8, |898.

T. F. & J.H. BRAIME. 'APPARATUS FOR COOKING 0R BAKING PIES, '81.6.

(Application filed July 15, 1898A (N0 Model.)

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NiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

vTHOMAS FLETCHER BRAIME AND JAMES HENRY BRAIME, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR COOKIV'NG R BAKlNG PIES, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,752, dated November8, 1898.

Application filed July 15,1898. Serial No. 686,054. (No modell) T allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS FLETCHER BRAIME and JAMES HENRY BRAIME,subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Leeds, in the countyof York, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in orRelating to Apparatus for Cooking or Baking Pies and the Like, of whichthe following is a specification. v

This invention relates to improved apparatus for cooking or baking fruitand other pies and the like. lts vobject is to prevent the syrup, juice,or gravy or the like, all of which are hereinafter termed and includedin the term juice, which frequently during the cooking or baking processoozes or boils out,

from running down the dish or other receptacle onto the shelf or plateof, say, the oven and producing an'u'npleasant odor or smell, as well asspoiling the pastry.

Inthe drawings hereunto annexed we have illustrated how this inventionmay be carried into practice.

Figure l is a longitudinal section on line Fig. 2, of a dish combinedwith a holder or supporting device; Fig. 2, a plan of same looking onthe top; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of holder or supporting device;Fig. 4, a transverse section of holder or supporting device.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views. 1

A is the dish or other receptacle, which is combined with a holder orsupporting device B, provided with a receiver or trough, hereinaftertermed the trough C, for the storage of the overflowing juice, syrup, orthe like, both of which are constructed as hereinafter described. Y

The dish or other receptacle, hereinafter termed the dish A, is providedwith an outward horizontal flange c around its top and arranged toproject therefrom at or about a right angle thereto. From the outer edgeof the horizontal flange ct a lip a is arranged to project downwardlytherefrom. On the dange c, which forms a kind of seating, the crust ofthe pie is placed. The said downwardlyprojecting lip a' may be made ofsuch a depth that anj7 syrup, juice, or other liquid coming from theinterior of the dish and which runs over the outward surface of thelflange a or the crust placed thereon will then run down the projectinglip a until it is forced, when -in sufficient quantities, to drop oftIthe edge ofthe lip into the trough C. The lip ci prevents the juice,syrup, or the like flowing around the edge of the flange ct onto theinner or under surface thereof, so as to afterward pass onto the outersurface of the dish, and thence downward over the same and so on to theoven-plate or other surface upon which the dish may be placed. Loops orhan'- dles a2 may be fixed or attached to the lip Ct' or flange ct forremoval purposes.

The holder B may be composed of a framework made of, say, metal or wire,of the same, or nearly so, contour of the dish to be placed thereon ortherein and which is arranged to surround the flange a and lip c of thedish, and which may form a vertical, or nearly so, extended edge for thehereinafter-described trough C.

With the holder B is fixed or otherwise com'- bined a suitably-shapedtrough C, provided with an upwardly-projecting edge c. In the drawingsthe holder B and trough C are shown formed in one piece; but they may bemade separately and to iit one within the other. The holder alone orcombined holder and trough may be so formed that when the dish is placedin or on the same the downwardlyprojecting lip ce on the flange a of thedish A shall be so situated as to overhang the interior or cavity of thetrough C, or it maybe so j arranged as to pass downward into theinterior of the same, as s hown at Fig. l, thereby j allowing the juiceto drop away from the edge of the said downwardly-projecting lip ci onthe iiange a into the interior of the trough-C 9o the framework B, butincommunication with trough C, for facilitating the removal of the juicefrom the trough.

The holder B may also be formed so as to support or elevate the bottomof the dish to a required distance from the heating-surface of thebaking apparatus by lneans of fixed props or supports D, braced togetherby the strips CZ, or they (the props) may be provided with theadjustingscrews d', whereby the height of the bottom of the dish A abovethe surface on which the holder B is placed may be regulated. The holderB and props D form a kind of cradle for supporting the dish A by itsfiange ci.

By the above combination of downwardlyprojecting edged dish and themeans of supporting it by the holder over the trough C the overfiowingjuice is compelled to collect in the said trough C without passing overthe outer surface of the dish, and consequently disguring it. At thesame time the juice is eifectually prevented from passing onto any othersurface other than the interior of the trough, which is situated at asuitable distance from the part of the oven or the like upon which theholder B is placed, after it has passed over the flange a or crustthereon to the edge of the lip, thereby preserving the juice from beingoverheated and spoiled or causing unpleasant odors or fumes.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our saidinvention, what we claim, and desire to be secured to us by LettersPatent, is

l. The combination in a dish-holderin skeleton form comprising aframework which surrounds the flange and lip of a dish, a trougharranged within said framework and also to surround the body portion ofa dish placed within it and to receive any overflowing juice, saidframework and trough being mounted upon supports capable of adjustmentby screws, arranged as herein set forth.

2. The combination of a dish provided with a horizontal flange aroundits upper edge, a lip projecting downwardly from the outer un* der edgeof said iiange, a holder in skeleton form comprising a framework whichsurrounds the flange and lip of said dish, a trough adapted to surroundthe body portion of said "disfrand to receive the drippings from thesaid downwardly-projecting lip arranged at a distance above the bottomof the trough, the supports secured to said trough, the means describedfor adjusting the height of the same,

and a spout communicating with said trough for facilitating the removalof the juice, all arranged as herein set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS FLETCHER BRAIME. JAMES HENRY BRAIME. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM SADLER, FLORENCE WARD.

